Towel Drills Back in 2009!

Love the Cubs? Have an opinion? Want to express it in a forum read by dozens of Cubs fans on a bi-annual basis?
Then we're looking for you.

Hate getting paid to do stuff? Live in your parent's basement? Think you know more than everyone else, so much so that you create your own forum to prove it? Then we're also looking for you.

Towel Drills started last year as a way for a few friends to share their Cubs rants with even more friends. Somewhere along the line, you, Cubs Fan, started paying attention. Before long, Towel Drills was bigger than Jebus. And now we're asking for your help to continue to grow TD into the Blogawesomeosphere.

TD is looking to take on a few additional writers for the upcoming season. We need people who can commit to posting on a regular basis and who have access to post throughout the day. We're specifically seeking at least one "news man" who can post breaking Cubs news the segundo it drops. Freedom to also write about what interests you in relation to the Cubs we can offer. Any other form of payment, monetary, seshual, or other, we cannot (but only b/c the seshual thing is illegal).

If you're interested in trying your hand at blogging, hit us up at toweldrills@gmail.com. How you "apply" is up to you. Send us some writing, some ideas, an 8x10 glossy of Ronnie Woo Woo (please, don't), send bags of cash (please, do)-your call. We're looking forward to adding some talent to the staff and to continue making TD the best gosh darn TD it can be!

RECENT POSTS

A few days ago, the Tribune's Paul Sullivan wrote an article questioning Z's shoulder and his head. When I initially read the article, it got under my skin. But, I decided it wasn't worthy of being commented on and so I let it pass. But, the more I've let it sink in, the more it has bothered me. This isn't news. This is someone trying to create a story in the clubhouse.

You know how I know it's not news? Look at the Sun Times Gordon Wittenmeyer's column from the same day. Same discussion of Z, no B.S. No mention of Z in the Daily Herald at all from that day. Two days later, the DH published an AP report that mentions that Z talked to reporters on Monday (two days later) and fails to mention any sort of blowup. If this was such a big issue, why did no one else mention it? Even if they weren't in the clubhouse at the time, they still would have plenty of people who witnessed it and could still write a story on it.

Moving past the newsworthiness of the story, does anyone care? We are 40 days from the start of the season. If Z's arm falls off, then I'm interested. If he had a bad day, I don't care. Should Z be getting all fired up 40 days out? Probably not. Does it have any effect on what will happen 40 day from now? No. So, what's the story here? Is Sullivan pissed because Z didn't give him the time of day? Is Sullivan using his "my employer doesn't own the Cubs anymore" card to do a 180 and see if he can create some tension in the clubhouse to try more interesting articles? Or was he just trying to stir up some controversy so TD would have something to write about? Probably the latter.

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